Example sentences of "[modal v] do [indef pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know that I 'll do anything for the children . |
| 2 | She says she 'll do anything for the safety of the children . |
| 3 | Side by side with Voltaire and Kant , with their admiration of constructive and public-spirited autocrats , were others such as Helvétius , Holbach , Diderot and Rousseau , who refused to believe that this form of rule , however ‘ enlightened ’ , could do anything for the liberation of the individual subject . |
| 4 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 5 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 6 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 7 | would do anything for the crack |
| 8 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 9 | Both thorns are tolerant of pollution and are tough enough to grow in open , exposed seaside sites regularly raked over by salt-laden winds , although these of course will do nothing for the autumn display . |
| 10 | A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad . |
| 11 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 12 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 13 | Stella will do anything for a man . |
| 14 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |
| 15 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 16 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |